7 reasons to use Arch Linux

It was time to make a post to tell you about the advantages of Arch Linux and 7 reasons why I use it (which probably share other archers).
To begin let me say that Arch is a linux distribution with no graphical installation, sometimes often considered a bit difficult and not suitable for the average user. But of those things, which we now call “disadvantages” let’s talk in another post. For now let’s go straight to the 7 reasons to use Arch Linux.

1 – Rolling Release

That I love about this distro, loves to almost anyone. Rolling Release means that once you install and you’ll never have to do an installation from 0, just the packages are updated as new versions come out and so your forevers have an updated operating system.
I was happening in Ubuntu that sometimes the step from one version to another, just updating, I was bringing problems and had to reinstall ubuntu . That never more step.There is a small code on Arch Linux that can be used to see it as you have installed the distro on your pc, is:

cat / var / log / pacman.log | head -1

Mine shows [25/06/2011 13:20] or is it 228 days ago I have it installed. Should be more, but one day just decided to reinstall it but everything worked fine. Now I regret it  but might be presuming to carry about 500 days without reinstalling

2 – Customization

Linux is very customizable if anyone on any distro can leave your surroundings as he pleases, with the programs and look you want. But most do not because the distro already comes with software and settings, but Arch does not! Arch is a distro bare with nothing, so you start looking you like, try and try and after a few months end up with a truly unique desk. Mine is so, simply:

3 – To free to choose

Linked to the personalization we have the freedom to choose. Yes, we know that Linux is free, that if something we like we always have many other options and can be modified to suit just about everything, but that almost do not like.

Examples: a while back when ubuntu was bringing evololution as default mail client you could not uninstall it without all the gnome fuck. Or when you have KDE , Gnome 3 and LXDE on the same distro, often arise errors and incompatibilities.
Arch, like other distros like OpenSuSE and PCLinuxOS does not have that problem, you can install desktop manager as you want, and all goes well. You choose one and uninstall the other without ‘side effects’

4 – Apprenticeship

Sure, if you use linux you sure learned a lot. I’ve seen people with no previous knowledge in computer that used Windows and Linux have learned to pass on: partitioning, processes, drivers, plates or knew they had or needed your pc, etc..
But the distros tend to be more easy, to make things automatic without the user knowing, which is not bad, but so are beginning to emerge installers who never know which is a utility to partition and autoconfigure everything with one or two clicks. In Arch you will learn a little more, you have to touch configuration files and know your pc to set correct values.
Not mean they are things you can not learn another distro, it just means that with Arch you be forced to. But why not create a distro that is excessively difficult to use.

5 – unique repositories

The archers love this. There are only 3 repositories  and the repository main AUR . 4 in total and have them absolutely everything we need. Do not be adding a repository for every program that we want to install as other distros.

6 – Wiki

I said that Arch Linux had to configure almost everything by hand, touching configuration files and run console commands. But that does not mean you have to be a knowledgeable expert, you just have to read. The Arch wiki is all the info you might need to do anything you need.
It’s all well documented, in Spanish and English, which you will need virtually no tutorials google or bloggers like me.

7 – Stability

Last but not least point. Once you’ve managed to install arch, and have spent a couple of months you’ve configured everything, then it is, you stay with that system forever. It is more likely to break your hardware before that something goes wrong with your operating system. You will have the number of applications you want fuck Arch not to have many applications installed.
Of course, before that you will have passed by several problems until everything working well.
Are these also your reasons for using Arch?

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